Last month, workers at Agency.com, a hot Web design shop in New York with a reputation for coddling the help, got a mass e-mail from the office of boss Chan Suh that was supposed to list unused vacation time.

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Androuet, established in Paris in 1909, now has the reputation of the best cheese shop this side of La Manche.

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They did so with one of the machinists' strikes for which Washington, where the union-friendly closed shop is legal, has an unfortunate reputation.

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Penney to explain his turnaround vision for the department store chain, an admittedly challenging feat given the advent of internet storefronts and the ability for consumers to literally shop around the globe without leaving home, not to mention the somewhat moribund reputation of the J.

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Over a glittering 40-year career, the renowned Danish artist has carved out an international reputation through his ground-breaking garden sculptures, and a visit to his Copenhagen shop is like stepping straight into the pages of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.

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